As expected, Rockstar Games pulled off a bank heist with "Grand Theft Auto IV," with first-week sales topping $500 million. It did so with near-universal acclaim from game critics, as evidenced by the 99-out-of-100 average score on review aggregate site Metacritic. So, huge sales and glowing reviews — everybody loves "Grand Theft Auto IV," right?Not exactly. There are some naysayers — or, at least those that do not offer absolute praise — in the growing video-game critic circle.
But these critics are boxing a glacier. "Grand Theft Auto" enjoys a devoted base as hardcore (if not more so) than rabid “Halo” fans. And these gamers don’t suffer tepid reviews gladly. Just ask Daniel Weissenberger, who dared to award "Grand Theft Auto IV" an 85 score on the gaming website Gamecritics.com.
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